Gilbert Joseph Brinsden

Item

Title

Gilbert Joseph Brinsden

Who?

Gilbert Joseph Brinsden

Item(s)

Extract from book

Story

Gilbert Joseph Brinsden, whose family had emigrated to Australia in the 1850s, was born in the 1870s. He owned a shop in Australia and was sent a letter with a white feather in early 1917 because he had not volunteered to fight. This encouraged him to sign up, and he was killed in October 1917.

When?

1917

Where?

Passchendaele

Contributor

Inez Brinsden

Collection Day

Faringdon

This item was submitted on February 4, 2019